Wyes Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wyes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wyes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany831:969,94567,438
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Wyes (13) may also be a first name.

Wyes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wyes Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wyes is most common in Germany. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wyes.

How Common Is The Last Name Wyes? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wyes is the 1,955,159th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The last name Wyes occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Wyes reside; 92 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,159,357th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 13 people.

The last name Wyes is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 969,945. In Germany Wyes is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 87 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent reside and Bavaria, where 2 percent reside. Beside Germany this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Wyes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wyes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wyes surname decreased 58 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wyess8922/
Wyese8919/
Whyes892/
Wyeds890/
Wyies890/
Waiyes8015/
Wayyes806/
Wies753,064/
Byes75290/
Vyes7525/
Wyis751/
Wyec751/
Wyys751/
Wjys751/
Waayees732/
Wiese6751,598/
Wiess67780/
Byess67296/
Waeys6724/
Weeis6723/
Wiehs678/
Weejs674/
Vyess673/
Whies673/
Hwies671/
Wyech671/
Wyise671/
Wieds671/
Wiesc671/
Wieis671/
Vyejs671/
Wjees671/
Wehis671/
Wijes671/
Wiies670/
Wyerz670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wyes
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